419 scam: "VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO"<sambonamadi@live.co.uk> RECEIVE YOUR ATM CARD NOW !!!

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- henryiheoma@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 09:32:37 -0600
Subject: RECEIVE YOUR ATM CARD NOW !!!

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,
PRESIDENTIAL VILLA
ASO-ROCK, ABUJA,NIGERIA

It is my pleasure writing to inform you about the
$1,000,000.00 ACCRUED INTEREST of your over due
contract which has been released through my office.
This order was given on Monday the 11th of December,
2013 by the president after a close door meeting with
some UN Officials during their courtesy visit to Abuja

Your ATM CARD is now ready for you to come down here and
pick it up, you should contact Senator Henry Iheoma with
his information below and ask him how you can come and
pick up your ATM CARD, or if for any reason you can not
come here to pick up your ATM CARD, you can ask him to
give you information on where you will send the delivery
charges which is only the sum of $99, and that is all that
you will have to commit for him to send your ATM CARD to you,
but if you can come here for the pick up, that means, you
will not need send any thing to receive your ATM CARD.

This is the information of the Senator below:

NAME: Henry Iheoma
Email: henryiheoma@yahoo.com

When contacting him, you should let him know that I directed
you and you should refer these codes to him:

Reference No.-964621, Allocation No: 734606 Password No: 33307
Pin Code No: 13210 ,Certificate of Merit No : 103 , Released Code No:
0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No: -977606 ; Secret Code No: TXLC010.

You should keep me posted as soon as you have concluded with him,
and make sure you contact him before the end of this week for urgent
action and delivery of your ATM CARD.

Yours Faithfully,
Alhaji Namadi Sambo,
Vice President of Nigeria

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